Category Archive: 2013 Offseason

Fourth of July weekend is over, Pittsburgh Steelers fans. With the holiday falling on a Thursday, many of you probably took a four-day weekend. You watched fireworks. You grilled burgers. You went to the beach. Now it’s Monday. Back to work. Ugh. Not so fast. After celebrating the nation’s birthday, Steelers fans have another historic …

During this week in which the United States celebrates its independence, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was in the country we declared independence from 237 years ago. Big Ben had his picture taken with his namesake clock in the background as part of a trip to London this week to promote the Steelers’ game against …

The Pittsburgh Steelers, like 31 other NFL teams, are optimistic about the 2013 season with training camp less than a month away. However, their 8-8 season in 2012 left a lot of questions. The Steelers can’t just print up 2013 playoff tickets, because there’s a good chance they’d be wasting paper. A lot has to …

The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted cornerback Curtis Brown in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft and then took Cortez Allen in the fourth round. Normally, the Steelers take their time developing their corners and they don’t see much playing time in their first couple seasons. The most recent corners to pan out were Ike …

Previously, on Steeler Addicts … Replace “Steeler Addicts” with “The Sopranos” and you have the dramatic, deep-throated voice-over greeting for every episode of “The Sopranos” before a montage of key scenes from previous episodes. It was a familiar refrain on Sunday nights between 1999 and 2007. With the passing of Sopranos star James Gandolfini at …

Fans of “The Sopranos” were stunned this week by the death of James Gandolfini, who played mob boss Tony Soprano on the HBO TV series. “The Sopranos” last aired six years ago this month, but Gandolfini’s passing brought the show back to mind and prompted fans to dust off their Sopranos DVDs and watch a …

If the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t see breakout performances from several players in 2013, they’ll miss the playoffs for consecutive seasons for the first time since 2000. Four Steelers look to be on the verge of breakout seasons in 2013. If all of them can make that leap, the Steelers might once again play well into …

It’s no-more-pencils-no-more-books time for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Like millions of kids across America, the Steelers’ summer vacation has begun. Their offseason work ended Thursday with the final day of mandatory minicamp. No more practices until training camp begins July 26 at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. Just because the Steelers have six weeks off …

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected a linebacker, Jarvis Jones, in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft for the first time in six years. In the 2007 draft, the Steelers took Lawrence Timmons in the first round and LaMarr Woodley in the second round. Currently, both Woodley and Timmons are entrenched as starters for the …

After tearing his ACL in the loss to the Denver Broncos in the 2011 playoffs, Max Starks came back and played every snap for the Steelers at left tackle in 2012. Even though Starks has been a more than solid tackle for the Steelers in his career, the team decided that it would move on …